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Curated Job Boards by Career Community

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Gap Year Options: Fellowships and Residencies in Arts, Media, & Entertainment

Fellowships and Residencies provide structured opportunities to develop specific skills, whether in research, the arts, public service, or other fields. These programs often offer mentorship and hands-on experience, helping students gain clarity on their future career paths.

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Resume & Cover Letter Samples

Looking for inspiration as you build or refine your resume? These examples are organized by class year, career interests, and job type. Use them as a guide to shape your resume, and remember, a great resume is always tailored to …

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Internship & Job Links for Sales

Interested in a career where your communication skills, resilience, and results-driven mindset can shine? Sales roles span every industry—from healthcare to tech to consumer products, and can lead to lucrative and fast-paced career paths.

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Curated Job Boards by Career Community

🔄 We regularly update this list to ensure it includes relevant, up-to-date job boards for your career exploration. If you notice …

Gap Year Options: Fellowships and Residencies in Arts, Media, & Entertainment

Fellowships and Residencies provide structured opportunities to develop specific skills, whether in research, the arts, public service, or other fields. …

Resume & Cover Letter Samples

Looking for inspiration as you build or refine your resume? These examples are organized by class year, career interests, and …

Internship & Job Links for Sales

Interested in a career where your communication skills, resilience, and results-driven mindset can shine? Sales roles span every industry—from healthcare …

Internship & Job Links for Marketing

Curious about a career in marketing, advertising, branding, or market research? These trusted job boards and professional associations offer internship …

Internship & Job Links for Communications

Whether you’re interested in public relations, corporate communication, media strategy, or advocacy work, this page connects you with job boards …

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Skill Building Courses

Photography Foundations: Composition

Taught by Ben Long
Composition can make an interesting subject bland or make an ordinary subject appear beautiful. In this course, photographer and author…

Cinematic Composition for Video Productions

Taught by Eduardo Angel
Composition is one of the least understood yet most important aspects of video. Like good storytelling, in order to achieve…

The Elements of Composition for Illustrators

Taught by Mary Jane Begin
Understanding how to arrange the elements of a composition is critical to a successful final piece. Like the skeleton of…

Painting and Developing a Composition

Taught by Mary Jane Begin
We asked illustrator Mary Jane Begin to create a brand-new composition from three (surprise) elements. The goal? To teach members…

5-Day Photo Challenge: Composition

Taught by Ben Long
How do you get better at photography? By challenging yourself every day. In this five-day photo challenge, Ben Long introduces…

Graphic Design History: The Arts and Crafts Movement

Taught by Sean Adams
Learning about graphic design concepts and approaches of the past can help inform and inspire your work in the present.…

Learning Cinematography: 1 Narrative Fundamentals

Taught by Bill Dill
Creative decision making lies at the core of great filmmaking. To shoot a movie, you need to understand how the…

Learning Cinematography: 2 Working on Set

Taught by Bill Dill
The Cinematography series with ASC cinematographer and professor Bill Dill covers what you need to know to shoot a modern…

Learning Cinematography: 3 Hands On Techniques

Taught by Bill Dill
The Cinematography series with cinematographer and professor Bill Dill, ASC, covers useful, practical information that can help aspiring cinematographers bring their motion…

Photography: Advanced Composition

Taught by Ben Long
What makes a good photo? Understanding why a composition works—or why it doesn’t—can be difficult. However, by analyzing images and…

The Elements of Effective Photographs

Taught by Natalie Fobes
Many elements come together to make an effective photo, whether it’s a magazine cover shot or a photo of a…

ENGL-298 Career Discovery (1 Credits)

Taught by McDowell, Joseph (Lecture)
This class provides a personalized framework for English majors to help them discover how they might apply their major after…

The Art of Photo Composition

Taught by Tracey Clark
Have you ever been excited about taking a picture, only to find yourself disappointed by the results? Practice and failure…

Designing with the Golden Ratio

Taught by Michael Ruocco
Many of the world’s most beautiful things share the same golden ratio (approximately 1.618). This ancient proportion lends order and…

LSC- 401: Career and Life Design: Strategies for Career Success

Taught by Shelby Olson
For SENIORS considering or pursuing grad school, job search, gap year, or those with no plan Using an innovative framework…

When Design Meets Photography: Autumn Durald Arkapaw on “Design Better”

Taught by Design Better
Autumn Durald Arkapaw has played a significant role in shaping the look of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. She was the…

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